Erin Teschuk

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Sports: Athletics

Erin Teschuk first started running cross-country in elementary school as training for soccer – and because she got to miss class for meets and practices. In grade nine, when Erin realized her favourite part of soccer practice was running laps, she joined the Winnipeg Optimist Athletic Club, and from there her track career took off.

After high school, Erin moved to North Dakota to attend North Dakota State University. She is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in psychology, and continues to excel in track, this year becoming a seven-time All American, and representing Canada at the 2016 World Indoor Championships.

While Erin’s favourite event is the 3000-metre steeplechase, she is also known to be a dominant mile runner, most recently competing in the Wanamaker Mile race at the world-famous Millrose games. Her most memorable moment in sport was her first time competing on the international stage: at the Bird’s Nest Olympic Stadium at the 2015 World Championships.

Born and raised in the province, Erin says she loves many things about her home.

“Winnipeg is filled with some of the greatest people I know. Manitoba has some of the toughest athletes I know.”

Erin’s coach at NDU has helped her to make clear goals. “Putting your all into something you care about is always going to be worth it, regardless of the final outcome,” Erin said. She hopes to train and compete in a way that she can look back on her time in the sport and know that she got the best out of herself.

Favourite Quote: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

2016 Rio Olympic Games

Erin became Canada’s back-to-back steeplechase National Champion at the 2016 Athletics Canada selection trials, and made her Olympic debut in Rio in August. Erin and her teammates Geneviève Lalonde and Maria Bernard became the first Canadian women to ever compete in the Olympic steeplechase event. Erin’s heat time of 9:53.70 was nearly 14 seconds slower than her personal best, putting her 16th in her heat, not fast enough for her to move on to the final. Her Olympic debut came just three years after taking up the event of steeplechase, meaning her 46th place finish didn’t dampen her spirits whatsoever.

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Results

Erin Teschuk

Rio 2016 Summer Olympics

Aug 13, 2016

Athletics – 3000m Steeplechase
46th Place

Erin Teschuk

London Diamond League

July 23, 2016

Athletics – 3000m
13th Place

Erin Teschuk

Nacht van de Athletiek

July 16, 2016

Athletics – 1500m
13th Place

Erin Teschuk

2016 Canadian Championships and Rio Selection Trials

July 7, 2016 - July 10, 2016

Athletics – 3000m Steeplechase
1st Place

News

Road to Rio: Erin Teschuk’s Bison Career as Chronicled on Twitter

Tuesday, July, 19th, 2016

NDSU (July 19) North Dakota State’s Erin Teschuk will represent Canada in the 3,000m steeplechase at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in August. Relive her remarkable career as it was chronicled on Twitter over the years.

Manitoba track athletes nominated for Olympic team

Monday, July, 11th, 2016

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS (July 11) Athletics Canada has confirmed three Manitobans are expected to be a part of the Canadian track and field contingent headed to the 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil next month.